Re: [ILUG-BOM] Skype on Linux

On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 01:01:24PM +0000, Dinesh Joshi wrote:

Hi guys,

I've installed Skype-1.2.0.18 on my FC2 system. It worked out of the box. But the problem is that voice breaks a lot to such an extent that a decent conversation becomes impossible. I am NATed behind my own router. I've forwarded all ports above 1024 and allowed UDP on them. I have 64Kbps connection but the latency is high on my connection. I get more like 48-56Kbps speeds. As I understand Skype isn't very bandwidth efficient. Can someone point me to a better VoIP software or some hacks so that Skype plays nicely with my connection?

Skype is not free software. Shouldn't we be using ekiga instead?

Nagarjuna